how might advances in technology affect the kinds of questions scientist ask about the world?

Well for one: They just found that waves can travel slightly faster than the speed of light which was thought to be the fastest and constant. [ That opens a can of worms in every department of physics and scientists will ask a lot of questions due to this one single discovery alone. ]

Weegy: The chief characteristic which distinguishes the scientific method from other methods of acquiring knowledge is that scientists seek to let reality speak for itself, [ supporting a theory when a theory's predictions are confirmed and challenging a theory when its predictions prove false. Although procedures vary from one field of inquiry to another, identifiable features distinguish scientific inquiry from other methods of obtaining knowledge. Scientific researchers propose hypotheses as explanations of phenomena, and design experimental studies to test these hypotheses via predictions which can be derived from them. These steps must be repeatable, to guard against mistake or confusion in any particular experimenter. Theories that encompass wider domains of inquiry may bind many independently derived hypotheses together in a coherent, supportive structure. Theories, in turn, may help form new hypotheses or place groups of hypotheses into context. ] (More)

Weegy: Eratosthenes of Alexandria was a near contemporary of Archimedes in the 3rd Century BC. [ A mathematician, astronomer and geographer, he devised the first system of latitude and longitude, and calculated the circumference of the earth to a remarkable degree of accuracy. As a mathematician, his greatest legacy is the “Sieve of Eratosthenes” algorithm for identifying prime numbers.
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